MIPARtag:www.umbc.edu,2014:/blogs/mipar/752014-11-19T15:43:35ZMovable Type 3.34We ar now accepting applications for the MIPAR/CAHSS Faculty Fellowship tag:www.umbc.edu,2014:/blogs/mipar//75.177092014-11-17T21:16:11Z2014-11-19T15:43:35ZThe Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (MIPAR) and the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) invite applications for the 2015 MIPAR/CAHSS Summer Faculty Research Fellow. Applications are welcome from faculty in all departments in the College...Anne Roland
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Faculty to study economic behavioral science and cyber securitytag:www.umbc.edu,2014:/blogs/mipar//75.177022014-10-05T16:50:03Z2014-11-06T21:20:00ZThe University of Southern California has awarded a $75,000 grant to Scott Farrow (Economics) and Joshi Anupam (Computer Science and Electrical Engineering) to develop a set of detailed economic models that reflect cyber security microeconomic concerns. This project, a model...Anne Roland
The University of Southern California has awarded a $75,000 grant to Scott Farrow (Economics) and Joshi Anupam (Computer Science and Electrical Engineering) to develop a set of detailed economic models that reflect cyber security microeconomic concerns. This project, a model that links economics with cyber security guidance taxonomies, may help guide investments and policy in cyber security.
MIPAR receives HUD grant to study asthma interventions in Baltimoretag:www.umbc.edu,2013:/blogs/mipar//75.173672013-08-27T17:15:04Z2013-08-27T19:26:06ZThe U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded a three-year, $750,000 grant to MIPAR, the Green and Healthy Homes Initiative™ (GHHI), and The Hilltop Institute at UMBC to conduct a cost benefit analysis of the reduction in asthma...Anne Roland
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded a three-year, $750,000 grant to MIPAR, the Green and Healthy Homes Initiative™ (GHHI), and The Hilltop Institute at UMBC to conduct a cost benefit analysis of the reduction in asthma and associated Medicaid expenditures resulting from the implementation of GHHI’s interventions. GHHI is a national program spearheaded by the Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning. The aim of GHHI is to integrate health-based housing interventions with weatherization to create access to healthy homes for children in low income neighborhoods.
The UMBC study will focus on GHHI interventions in the homes of low-income families with asthma-diagnosed children in Baltimore City. The project will evaluate the extent to which GHHI interventions impact asthma morbidity and health care utilization costs, school absences, utility costs and work-loss days for parents or caregivers of children with asthma. The study will also examine how different levels of GHHI interventions impact post-intervention resident health and overall non-medical and energy cost savings.
The interdisciplinary research team includes Principal Investigator David Salkever of the UMBC Department of Public Policy/MIPAR, Co-Investigator Michael Abrams of The Hilltop Institute at UMBC, researchers from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Co-Principal Investigator Ruth Ann Norton, Executive Director of the Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning/GHHI.
Don Norris receives UAA recognitiontag:www.umbc.edu,2013:/blogs/mipar//75.171612013-02-20T19:59:02Z2013-03-22T15:58:17ZMIPAR Director Donald F. Norris has been named an inaugural honoree of the new Urban Affairs Association (UAA) Service Honor Roll. This award recognizes the contributions of Dr. Norris to the association and the field of urban studies. The UAA...Anne Roland
MIPAR Director Donald F. Norris has been named an inaugural honoree of the new Urban Affairs Association (UAA) Service Honor Roll. This award recognizes the contributions of Dr. Norris to the association and the field of urban studies. The UAA credits honorees with contributing to the current breadth and richness of the discipline. Dr. Norris will be reorganized at an award luncheon for Honor Roll inductees on April 5 at the UAA conference in San Francisco.
Grant will evaluate innovative Maryland program to help mentally ill find worktag:www.umbc.edu,2012:/blogs/mipar//75.156382012-03-30T15:40:07Z2013-11-25T19:20:12ZMIPAR has received a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to evaluate Maryland's innovative program to help people with severe mental illness find meaningful work.Anne Roland
MIPAR has received a three year, $1 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to evaluate Maryland's innovative program to help people with severe mental illness find meaningful work. The Maryland Mental Health Administration (MHA) started a program in 2002 to increase the accessibility and availability of evidence-based individual placement and support for supported employment services (EBP IPS-SE) for people with severe mental illness. EBP IPS-SE programs emphasize competitive employment, client choice, on the job training and continuous support. IPS-SE programs also include employer incentives to participate. This project will study the experience of Maryland's public health system in facilitating the diffusion of IPS-SE services in the state. David Salkever (Public Policy) is the co-investigator. Researchers from UMBC's Hilltop Institute will also participate in the project along with researchers from University of Maryland, Baltimore.
Understanding Maryland gamblerstag:www.umbc.edu,2011:/blogs/mipar//75.151042011-06-21T19:05:23Z2011-10-11T20:20:46ZMaryland’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) has released Gambling Prevalence in Maryland: A Baseline Analysis, prepared by a team from MIPAR. The team was led by Dr. Judith Shinogle, along with Dr. Donald F. Norris (Public Policy) and...Anne Roland
Gambling Prevalence in Maryland: A Baseline Analysis, prepared by a team from MIPAR. The team was led by Dr. Judith Shinogle, along with Dr. Donald F. Norris (Public Policy) and Dr. DoHwan Park (Mathematics and Statistics).
The survey of gambling habits and pathological gambling behaviors found that although gambling is largely a positive activity for Marylanders, 3.4% of Maryland adults experience problem or pathological gambling. The baseline study, mandated by a 2007 law that authorized video lottery terminals, provides a snapshot of the State’s gambling behaviors prior to the implementation of slot machine gambling.
In “Who Pays for the Maryland Lottery? Evidence From Point of Sale Data” Dr. Robert Carpenter (Economics), Dr. Donald F. Norris (Public Policy) and Ph.D student Evan Perlman used innovative GIS mapping of lottery terminal and census track data to explore the relationship between race, income, and lottery sales. Their findings show “the voluntary tax collected by the Maryland lottery comes disproportionately from census tracts populated by African Americans and low-income residents,” specifically those “with less than a high-school education, and people age 65 and older.” The article appears in The Journal of Gambling Business and Economics, Vol. 4, No. 1 (31-52).]]>
Dr. Nancy Miller on NPRtag:www.umbc.edu,2010:/blogs/mipar//75.142162010-12-13T17:42:29Z2012-05-23T19:41:16ZPublic Policy Professor Nancy Miller discussed her research into nursing home populations in a story by Joseph Shapiro on National Public Radio, "The New Nursing Home Population: The Young." Listen to the story here....Anne Roland
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MIPAR and Hilltop receive Department of Education granttag:www.umbc.edu,2009:/blogs/mipar//75.105002009-07-15T20:27:42Z2011-02-02T16:40:06ZMIPAR and The Hilltop Institute have been awarded a three-year, $590,000 research grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. The study will examine health care disparities in access and utilization among individuals with...Anne Roland
The Hilltop Institute have been awarded a three-year, $590,000 research grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. The study will examine health care disparities in access and utilization among individuals with disabilities. Nancy Miller (Public Policy) is the principal investigator and project leader. Annette Snyder (Hilltop) and Adele Kirk (Public Policy) are co-investigators.]]>
Family Separation and Reunification as a Factor in the Educational Success of Immigrant Childrentag:www.umbc.edu,2009:/blogs/mipar//75.104442009-06-26T18:53:05Z2009-06-26T18:58:46ZA new report about Latin American immigrants to the United States finds that family separation during migration has a negative impact on the educational success of immigrant children in schools....Anne Roland
report about Latin American immigrants to the United States finds that family separation during migration has a negative impact on the educational success of immigrant children in schools.]]>
New report on Maryland's Medical Child Care Centerstag:www.umbc.edu,2009:/blogs/mipar//75.103482009-05-18T20:20:27Z2009-05-18T20:50:32ZMaryland has two centers that provide child care to children with serious medical conditions. MIPAR conducted a cost-benefit analysis for the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to assess whether the benefits that result from these centers are larger...Anne Roland
cost-benefit analysis for the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to assess whether the benefits that result from these centers are larger than the costs.]]>
Analysis of the Impact of Introducing Video Lottery Terminals in Marylandtag:www.umbc.edu,2009:/blogs/mipar//75.103492009-05-18T20:18:02Z2009-05-18T20:50:31ZMIPAR has completed an analysis of the impact of introducing video lottery terminals (VLTs, also referred to as slot machines) in Maryland. The report found that uncertainty exists about how much revenue the introduction of 15,000 VLTs in Maryland will...Anne Roland
analysis of the impact of introducing video lottery terminals (VLTs, also referred to as slot machines) in Maryland. The report found that uncertainty exists about how much revenue the introduction of 15,000 VLTs in Maryland will actually generate for the state. ]]>